Senior Procurement Specialist

3 weeks ago


Valparaiso, United States Motion Recruitment Full time

Our client, a regulated utility company that provides natural gas and electric services to customers, is looking to hire a Senior Procurement Specialist to join their team in Valparaiso, IN.


***This is a 1 year contract that is likely to extend or convert***



What You’ll Do:

  • Establishing, leading/facilitating and supporting cross functional category management teams to develop and maintain category plans and ongoing category performance
  • Developing deep knowledge and experience within assigned spend management responsibilities
  • Developing spend/performance and external market analyses to monitor category performance and identify performance improvement opportunities
  • Developing spend and savings/performance improvement forecasts to monitor progress and ensure goals are achieved
  • Developing plans to capture identified opportunities
  • Defining category requirements through collaborative efforts with respective stakeholder groups
  • Collaborating with stakeholder groups to develop consensus on the appropriate category plans and priorities
  • Leading performance improvement initiatives defined by the category plan including strategic sourcing and other performance improvement initiatives
  • Establishing, leading/facilitating and supporting cross functional strategic sourcing/performance improvement teams as needed/prescribed by category plans to achieve savings and performance targets (e.g. reduce cost, improve quality and result in a lower total cost of ownership, meeting supplier diversity goals)
  • Leading negotiations with suppliers as needed
  • Maintaining critical supplier agreements including renewals, negotiation of terms, issue identification, tracking and resolution Supplier Management responsibilities include:
  • Developing and maintaining supplier criticality ratings and managing resulting critical supplier relationships
  • Managing supplier relationships including conducting Quarterly Business Reviews with critical suppliers and NiSource Executive Sponsors Stakeholder Management responsibilities include:
  • Developing successful partnerships with key stakeholders / business partners to achieve desired results
  • Developing and managing cross-functional category management and strategic sourcing teams as needed
  • Collaborating with stakeholders to drive needed decisions to achieve desired results


Skills:

  • Contracting experience – 7-10 years
  • Intermediate to senior level
  • RFP – 7-10 years
  • Bidding & negotiations experience
  • Direct Experience, non-IT
  • Construction experience, large projects
  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or equivalent work related experience
  • Proven track record to deliver results and achieve goals
  • Demonstrated ability to develop effective working relationships with others
  • Experience leading cross-functional teams
  • Ability to build support and consensus
  • Proven financial acumen and analytical abilities
  • Preferred: MBA, Certified Procurement Manager (CPM), Three years of leadership experience, Experience managing large supplier agreements, Experience working in a Shared Services organization, Supply Chain experience in the utility industry, Knowledgeable in category management and strategic sourcing practices


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